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Williams vs. Yale

Williams and Yale first met in 1886 and have played 16 times; Yale leads the series 16–⁠0. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Yale 10–⁠0, and Yale has won the last 16.

Williams wins
0
Yale wins
16
Ties
0
First meeting
1886
Longest streak
16 Yale
Current streak
16 Yale
Last 10 meetings
Yale 10–⁠0
Most recent
1922

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s0–⁠5
1890s0–⁠9
1920s0–⁠2
Average margin
43.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Williams
0–⁠4 Williams’s record at home
At Yale
12–⁠0 Yale’s record at home
Shutouts
15

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Yale’s biggest win1893: Yale 82, Williams 0by 82 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Williams and Yale, 1886 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Morning journal and courier's story of the 1889 game: WILLIAMS FAILS TO SCORE. The Yale Team Does Some Good Play

    1889 · Morning journal and courier, Connecticut, Nov 14, 1889

  • The The Providence news's story of the 1892 game: IN SPORTING CIRCLES. Brown Goes to Fall River and De- feats the Local Team. YALE DEFEATS WILLIAMS. The Score Was Sc to Graves Made Four Touchdowns-Mc -McCres and Bliss Each Made One-The Brown Freshmen De- feat the Friends School.

    1892 · The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], Oct 13, 1892

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1893 game: FINE PLAYING BY YALE MEN .,LY DEFEAT THE WILLIAMS ELLvEN by TIL

    1893 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 26, 1893

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1895 game: YALE's BIGGEST SCORE. FIFTY-FoUR POINTS ROLLED UP AGAINST THF WILLIAMS TEAM

    1895 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 24, 1895

  • The The daily morning journal and courier's story of the 1896 game: YALE DON rnoM v11uiAMs. Score 2s-0 in Yesterdays spiritless Game Large Attendance.

    1896 · The daily morning journal and courier, Oct 15, 1896

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 21, 1922Yale 38, Williams 0at Yale
Oct 15, 1921Yale 23, Williams 0at Yale
Oct 8, 1898Yale 23, Williams 0at Yale
Oct 9, 1897Yale 32, Williams 0at Yale
Oct 14, 1896Yale 22, Williams 0at Yale
Oct 23, 1895Yale 54, Williams 0at Yale
Oct 10, 1894Yale 23, Williams 4at Yale
Oct 25, 1893Yale 82, Williams 0at Yale
Oct 12, 1892Yale 32, Williams 0at Yale
Oct 10, 1891Yale 46, Williams 0at Yale
Oct 22, 1890Yale 36, Williams 0at Yale
Nov 13, 1889Yale 70, Williams 0at Williams
Oct 2, 1889Yale 36, Williams 0at Yale
Oct 20, 1888Yale 30, Williams 0at Williams
Oct 22, 1887Yale 74, Williams 0at Williams
Oct 23, 1886Yale 76, Williams 0at Williams

Every game is listed as played on the field.